BARNSTABLE — A Cotuit woman charged in June with hitting a child with a wooden spoon admitted to sufficient facts in the case Friday in Barnstable District Court.Rakha Mahabir, 29, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; assault and battery on a child with injury; and assault and battery, according to court documents. She admitted to sufficient facts and all three counts were continued without a finding [...]
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Cotuit woman admits sufficient facts in assault
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East Falmouth man held as danger
FALMOUTH — An East Falmouth man accused of rape and animal cruelty was held without bail after a dangerousness hearing Friday in Falmouth District Court, according to court documents.Patrick Barry, 37, had pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape; indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over; strangulation or suffocation; assault and battery on family/household member; and animal cruelty.Details on the case were not included in the court file because it involves [...]
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Yarmouth Port man charged with second OUI
BARNSTABLE — A Yarmouth Port man pleaded not guilty Monday in Barnstable District Court to his second offense of operating under the influence of alcohol after he allegedly crashed Friday night in Hyannis, according to court documents.Bhaumik Patel, 27, also pleaded not guilty to one count of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, according to the documents.Yarmouth police [...]
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Twin brothers from Bourne convicted of assault
Twin brothers from Bourne convicted of assaultFALMOUTH — Twin brothers from Bourne were found guilty at a jury trial last week of beating a man nearly to death in January 2017.Logan and Seth Cunningham, both 20, were sentenced to 2½ years in prison, with 18 months of that to be served and the remainder suspended for five years, according to court documents.On Jan. 6, 2017, the brothers and a juvenile went to a home on Clay Pond Road in Monument Beach, and [...]
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Bourne selectman ordered held as danger
Michael Blanton also charged with second attack on woman.
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Appeals Court upholds Yarmouth woman's drug conviction
Defendant was well aware of heroin in her home, ruling says.
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Chatham woman denies driving drunk through storm roadblock
ORLEANS — A 52-year-old South Chatham woman pleaded not guilty Monday in Orleans District Court to charges she drove drunk through a police roadblock at the height of the storm Friday, ran over live downed power lines and crashed.According to a report by Harwich police Officer Brendan Brickley, he had pulled his cruiser across Old Queen Anne Road in Harwich at 8:30 p.m. to warn people away from downed live wires. He had his cruiser lights activated and had already turned back [...]
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Security video results in arrest for Chatham break-in
ORLEANS — A 49-year-old Dennis Port man pleaded not guilty Monday in Orleans District Court to breaking and entering after a homeowner allegedly spotted him on a surveillance video when power was restored after the weekend storm.Christopher Rockermann was arrested in a Watch Hill Way house after Chatham police were alerted to his presence by the homeowner, who had seen him on surveillance video sitting in the kitchen. The storm had knocked out power, and when the video feed [...]
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Sandwich man arrested in hit-and-run
Vehicle allegedly struck Onset firefighter and left scene.
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Couple charged with sexual abuse of child in Yarmouth
BARNSTABLE — A couple from Brockton pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Barnstable Superior Court to multiple charges that they sexually abused a child.Crystal Lavallee, 31, and her boyfriend, Daryl Lehtola, 36, were arraigned on charges of rape of a child, aggravated rape of a child with a five-year age difference and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14.Lavallee also pleaded not guilty to [...]
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Mashpee man stabbed during alleged drug deal faces charge
FALMOUTH — A man who was stabbed in an alleged drug deal gone wrong in Falmouth in January pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Falmouth District Court to a drug charge.Stephen Sanders, 29, of Mashpee, was arraigned on a charge of conspiring to violate drug law and was released on personal recognizance, according to court documents. Sanders allegedly set up a drug deal between a co-worker and his brother, Andrew Sanders. On Jan. 15, Sanders went with Carl Gonsalves, 49, of [...]
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Bourne selectman resigns after arrest
Michael Blanton faces charges in 2 domestic violence cases.
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Bourne firefighter charged with carrying gun while drunk
BARNSTABLE — A Bourne firefighter-paramedic was arrested Tuesday on charges he was driving under the influence while carrying a loaded gun.Alexander Heikkila, 31, of Plymouth, pleaded not guilty in Barnstable District Court to charges of carrying a firearm while intoxicated, operating under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and marked lanes violation, court records show. [...]
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Sandwich man pleads guilty to 2 assaults
BARNSTABLE — A Sandwich man charged in December with kicking police officers during his arrest pleaded guilty to two charges in Barnstable District Court on Tuesday, according to court documents.Jeffrey Dugas, 44, pleaded guilty to charges of assault and battery on a family or household member and assault and battery on a police officer, according to documents. Charges of malicious destruction of property and assault and [...]
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Mashpee man pleads guilty to assault charges
Suspended sentence imposed for 3 domestic violence incidents.
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Chatham man charged with OUI drugs after crash
HARWICH — A Chatham man was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of drugs after his pickup truck crashed through a fence on Route 28 in Harwich Port on Tuesday, according to a police report.Nicholas Baird, 22, also was charged with negligent operation of a motor vehicle, a marked lanes violation and possession of cocaine, according to Orleans District Court documents. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday and was released on his own recognizance. [...]
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Charges dropped against 3 men in Falmouth stabbing
FALMOUTH — The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office will not prosecute three men charged with attempted murder in connection with a January stabbing because an essential witness could not be located, according to Falmouth District Court records.Elangwa Shaidi, 33, of East Falmouth; Carl Gonsalves, 49, of Falmouth; and Michael O’Connor, 34, of Yarmouth Port, were charged with attempted murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and [...]
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Falmouth man pleads guilty to child porn charges
BARNSTABLE — An East Falmouth man charged in December with multiple counts of possession of child pornography pleaded guilty to the charges Thursday in Barnstable District Court.Mark Marion, 58, pleaded guilty to four counts of possession of child pornography, according to court documents.One count of intimidation of a witness was dismissed at the request of prosecutors. [...]
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Attorney seeks to bar evidence in Cotuit murder case
Man accused of stabbing wife did not understand rights, motion argues.
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Harwich woman pleads guilty to third OUI
ORLEANS — A Harwich woman was sentenced to six months in prison after she pleaded guilty Friday in Orleans District Court to a third offense of operating under the influence, according to court documents.Diane Lipinski, 56, will have to serve a mandatory minimum of 150 days for the August offense.Harwich police responded to Red River Beach on Aug. 9 after it was reported a yellow Jeep was speeding up and down the parking lot and hit a pedestrian crossing sign, [...]
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